Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Shadows ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter 5

 

Waking slowly, the first thing she notices is a stiff back. Opening her eyes, Satsuki glances around the room and notices that she fell asleep in the chair. Hearing white noise, she looks at the TV and notices that it is still on. Picking up the remote, Satsuki shuts off the TV and gets out of the chair.

 

Stretching, Satsuki glances around the room and then heads for her bedroom. Striding over to her closet, Satsuki opens the door and takes a look at her clothes. Grabbing a light blue pair of jeans and an emerald green top, she shuts the closet door and walks over to her dresser. Opening a drawer, she pulls out a clean pair of underwear and a bra. Shutting the drawer, she leaves her room and heads for the bathroom.

 

A nice, hot shower should loosen up my back.

 

Entering the bathroom, she shuts the door behind her and slips her pj's off. Turning on the shower, she jumps under the water and begins to lather up. Washing off the soap, she takes the bottle of shampoo and squeezes some into her hand. Washing her hair, Satsuki closes her eyes as she rinses the soap out of her hair. Clean now, she just stands under the water and lets it rush over her.

 

After a few minutes, Satsuki turns around and shuts off the water. Pushing back the shower curtain, she steps out of the shower and grabs a towel. Drying off, she wraps a second towel around her hair and then proceeds to get dressed.

 

Once dressed, she opens the bathroom door and steps out, the steam following her out of the room. Walking back into her bedroom, she finishes toweling her hair and then grabs her hairbrush from the dresser. Running the brush through her hair, she takes a hair clip and puts it up. Looking at herself in the mirror, she smiles.

 

Mother always thought it was funny. Sage takes an hour or more to get ready, while I can do it in 30 minutes, including my shower.

 

Shaking her head, Satsuki puts her brush back on the dresser and leaves her room. Walking into the kitchen, she grabs a couple slices of bread and puts them in the toaster. Waiting for the bread to cook, she opens her fridge and grabs the carton of milk. Walking over to the counter, she opens a cupboard and takes out a glass.

 

Ring. Glancing over her shoulder, she hears the phone ring again. Probably Sage checking up on me again.

 

Smiling, Satsuki leaves the milk on the counter and walks into the living room. Grabbing the phone after the third ring, she places her ear to the phone.

 

“Hello?”

 

“Satsuki.”

 

“Who is this?”

 

“Did you enjoy your shower?”

 

Frowning, Satsuki glances around the room. “Who is this?”

 

“You'll know soon enough.”

 

Click. It takes Satsuki a second before she realizes that she is hearing the dial tone. Shaking her head, she puts the phone down and walks back into the kitchen.

 

Grabbing the milk, she starts to pour herself a glass when she stops. That voice! That's the voice I heard in my dream last night. What the hell is going on here?

 

Shaking her head, she finishes pouring her glass of milk. Turning to look at her toaster, she can see that her bread popped up long ago. Ready to eat cold toast, she grabs some jam out of the fridge when she puts away the milk. Sitting down at the table, she spreads jam over her bread and eats her breakfast.

 

*****

 

Stepping out of the phone booth, Cale looks up at Satsuki's apartment building. Smiling, he teleports back to the other Warlords. Glancing up at his appearance, Sekhmet raises a brow.

 

“How'd it go?”

 

“The invention of the phone makes stalking people so easy,” says Cale, smirking.

 

Nodding his head, Sekhmet waits for Cale to continue. When Cale adds nothing else, Sekhmet shrugs his shoulder.

 

Walking over to the mirror, Cale passes his hand over it. Awaken, the mirror shows Satsuki in her apartment.

 

“There is a difference between stalking and obsession,” says Sekhmet, glancing at the mirror.

 

“I want to watch her,” replies Cale, looking over his shoulder at the Warlord of Venom.

 

Shrugging again, Sekhmet stands up from his chair and leaves the room. Ignoring the departure of Sekhmet, Cale never lets his eyes move from the mirror.